Hello malaysia
I’m currently studying a bachelors in psychology (hons) and I’m about to finish my degree , I want to further my studies overseas, but I’m unfamiliar with the process. I’m looking into Mara’s scholarship, but I do not understand how it works. to those who have more knowledge, would you please be so kind to educate me and how the process works. If possible, please explain like I’m 5
For context, I have a CGP of 3.64 and i intend to become an educator in the future, i love reading research articles and doing research. To those who have any recommendations on universities i could go for,please feel free to share. Thank you

Hi, so I'm planning to study in new zealand this July..To students studying there or got a friend experience, do you guys ever a apply a scholarship, what was it & and how did you apply for it...preferably if you have malaysian agencies (Mara, jpa etc.)
This is specifically when you got there doing degree, not after spm.

my spm results is not released yet, but im aiming for ytp scholarship. i want to undergo pre-u at unikl (pre-korea) and continue my studies in south korea uni’s. i want to study computer science.
i want to get to know abt ytp scholarships, what fees they cover, how much is the monthly allowance, do they cover the living cost too or not, is it a full scholarship or is it a loan, what abt flight tickets etc.
i would also like to know abt the interview process, what kind of question they ask, type of students they want. and if theres any students who doesnt achieve the minimum requirement (for pre-korea its 7A’s) but still got the scholarship, or students who did get 7A’s but not for the required subject do they still got the scholarship or not… i hv a lot in my mind right now since the results day is very very near
pls share your experience bcs i realllyyyyy aiming for it but i know nothing abt it. also feel free to share other scholarship that is worth it !!
*im a bumi and a girl, if that info can give any help

Hello there, I’m a student in a private university and I’m currently in my 5th semester out of 9, studying degree in digital marketing. Can i still apply for MARA loan/scholarship?

Hello there, I’m a student in a private university and I’m currently in my 5th semester out of 9, studying degree in digital marketing. Can i still apply for MARA loan/scholarship?

This is Mara! She’s apart of my universe and she’s kinda just a regular girl, part of the mean girl group at my main characters school. She’s the nicest out of the bunch, just is misguided. She’s at the school on a dancing scholarship and is focused on ballet! Lemme know what you think about her!

Im f21, finished my diploma in fine arts 2 months ago (cgpa 3.77) . I want to take my bachelors in the UK (nearer to my sis who’s also currently studying there)
The problem is: where the hell do i start? Do i look for a scholarship first or apply to the uni? UCAS applications are only open later in September (if im not mistaken). Then what do i do? Some scholarships want the offer letter then how to apply if UCAS isnt even opened yet???
For context: my sister took IB so she’s under MARA.
Another problem: many of these scholarships only offer to science, finance courses. Nothing mentioned about Arts. How the hell am i supposed to apply to one when the major I want isnt even included?
Also, im not really familiar applying using UCAS. Is it the same like upu? I really dont know man i tried clicking stuff and hopefully it takes me somwhere
Please help a clueless girl out🩷 i am in desperate need of any help. I just wanna learn fine art in a new environment please give a girl a chance😭

Hello,, I want to ask and specifically student currently studying in this cour or student in UOW Glenmarie or other campus,, I am currently studying at Universiti Teknologi MARA (UITM) in the Diploma of Computer Science, and I am interested in applying for a Bachelor in Game Development specializing in Game Technology.
I want to ask, does UOW offer MARA sponsorship such as allowance benefits? I ask because I see on the MARA website only information about what sponsorship entails and the requirements, but it does not mention the scholarship percentage or how much loan will be received. I was told for IPTS,its better to ask for MARA for pinjaman for studying instead kf PTPTN
Furthermore, I am interested in applying for scholarships whenever I register for the October 2025-May 2026 Intake, and I want to ask if there are scholarships that offer full sponsorship.
While surveying UOW's scholarship section, I found scholarships that may apply to me, which are the Hope Bursary (New Student), UOW Malaysia Excellence Award, and High Achiever scholarship only, which I may be eligible for.
Currently, I am in the fourth semester, and in the upcoming fifth semester, I will undergo a 5-month industrial training. I am worried about my CGPA because currently, my CGPA is 3.45, and my GPA for each semester so far is 3.49, 3.39, and 3.53.
Additionally, so far, I have saved around RM18,000-20,000. My plan after completing my diploma and undergoing industrial training in the upcoming fifth semester is to work for a year, but I still feel it may not be sufficient. This is why I want to inquire with an academic counselor there or fellow students from UOW or you guys fellows malaysian about scholarships and MARA assistance to help with my studies and advice etc.
I was asked to inquire about this matter from the Instagram UOW and was referred from the Lowyat forum.
Looking forward to your response

Background: When I finished IGCSE/SPM I was unsure of which scholarships were the best for me, which provided better opportunities, and I believe most students also don't know what scholarships are available and have to rely on their schools/parents for the types of scholarships they need to apply to. Fast forward to today, and I am nearing the end of my degree as a JPA Scholar overseas. I had the opportunity to meet different scholars and was able to network with different scholars on Linkedin. So, I want to hear your opinions on which scholarships produced the best scholars or students for the workforce. As I have met different people here, I tend to see there are patterns of some students of certain scholars tend to perform more academically, some more active in co-curricular, and some more awards, moreover with Linkedin I can gauge how good these students are with what they have achieved while studying.
Criteria: - Only Malaysian Scholarships (No international or scholarships from universities)- Rank the group of scholars of a certain scholarship based on their academic performance, co-curricular, awards achieved, and difficulty of obtaining that scholarship
Here's my list of how I would rank the scholarships that produced well round graduates:

1. Yayasan Khazanah Global
2. Gamuda Scholar
3. CIMB ASEAN
4. Petronas
5. JPA and JPA-MARA
6. Sime Darby
7. Yayasan Peneraju
8. Bank Negara
9. TNB
10. MARA
11. KPM

Other scholarships I know about, but I don't know the scholars:
- Shell
- Yayasan KLKK
- PTPTN
- UEM
- PNB
- BYDPA
Feel Free to add your rankings, opinions and reasoning. Thanks

Background: When I finished IGCSE/SPM I was unsure of which scholarships were the best for me, which provided better opportunities, and I believe most students also don't know what scholarships are available and have to rely on their schools/parents for the types of scholarships they need to apply to. Fast forward to today, and I am nearing the end of my degree as a JPA Scholar overseas. I had the opportunity to meet different scholars and was able to network with different scholars on Linkedin. So, I want to hear your opinions on which scholarships produced the best scholars or students for the workforce. As I have met different people here, I tend to see there are patterns of some students of certain scholars tend to perform more academically, some more active in co-curricular, and some more awards, moreover with Linkedin I can gauge how good these students are with what they have achieved while studying.
Criteria: - Only Malaysian Scholarships (No international or scholarships from universities)
- Rank the group of scholars of a certain scholarship based on their academic performance, co-curricular, awards achieved, and difficulty of obtaining that scholarship
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Here's my list of how I would rank the scholarships that produced well round graduates:

1. Yayasan Khazanah Global
2. Gamuda Scholar
3. CIMB ASEAN
4. Petronas
5. JPA and JPA-MARA
6. Sime Darby
7. Yayasan Peneraju
8. Bank Negara
9. TNB
10. MARA
11. KPM

Other scholarships I know about, but I don't know the scholars:
- Shell
- Yayasan KLKK
- PTPTN
- UEM
- PNB
- BYDPA
Feel Free to add your rankings, opinions and reasoning. Thanks

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Hello everyone I'm planning on applying this next cycle but I'm not sure if I'm more competitive for MD, MD/PhD, or neither. Here are my stats:
URM
PA resident
3.72 cGPA, 3.69 sGPA, 3.85 Masters
I'm taking the MCAT this May but I score 514 on my practice exams and hoping I can score 516 on test day
3224 research hours so far. 100 of them clinical ( testing mental competency at usc) Done in 3 summers (U of Minnesota, Tufts, and USC), at my undergrad institution, plus my current masters degree. I will have more by the time I apply. As of now I have 3 posters and 3 separate presentations. This also includes animal behavior research I did in Maasai Mara, Kenya. Also currently working on a review paper for publication by October-November.
60 clinical volunteering hours. I'll project more when I apply as I plan on staying in my role until med school starts
70 Hours clinical experience as an EMT
1050 non clinical volunteering at the Red Cross
70 food bank volunteer
60 shadowing hours in neuro, otolaryngology, and surgery. I'm aiming to have 100-150 before I apply and continuing after I apply to project a total of 175-200
Peer mentoring about 100 hours
Leadership Positions: Latino Caucus Representative in student gov and chair of the University Affairs Committee of Latino Caucus, Latino Caucus Vice President of Finance.
Sat on Student Life, Justice and Equity, and Governmental Affairs Committees in student gov and helped sponsor a legislation that helps provide certain health services for free for low income students
Also part of the Latinx Leadership Institute at my school. As a group we met regularly to student life on campus and we also met with university leadership.
Letters of Rec from PI(PhD), Mentor (M.D/PhD), Two Professors (both PhD), and Scholarship Advisor from undergrad (Might change this one)
Also in undergrad and grad school I am part of two seperate competitive scholarship programs.
Thank you so much for any advice!

Hi, as the title says, im an SPM leaver (female) (bumi) and i’d like to know what i have to do after SPM to study abroad with a full ride scholarship.
My subjects are the core 5 + Akaun, Ekonomi, Addmaths Trials: 1A+, 2A, 1A-, 2B, 1C, 1E, 1F my E and F are in accs and addm My prediction for SPM is hopefully 7As and 2Bs (addm and agama)
I know those results arent good enough for yayasan, PNB, MARA scholarships etc but is studying abroad still possible or just a pipe dream?
I plan on taking A levels after SPM as they are shorter than diploma and globally accepted, so i plan on performing well (academically and extracurricularwise) and applying abroad for degrees and searching for scholarships then. However, idk how big my chances are and if its even possible because if not then id rather study in local universities as I’m M40 so A levels would be quite an investment. I also plan on continuing my degree at a public university to save costs if A levels dont pan out but im worried that im aiming too high and A levels would just be a waste of time and money.
TL;DR SPM so so, wants to study abroad but needs full scholarship, A levels or public uni?

His Excellency’s Most Gracious Speech from the Throne
Special Session of Parliament
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[Labour Deputy Leader alisonhearts proceeds to sing a Waiata, pitching her voice across the House.]
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Im a guy currently studying Pharmaceutics. And I just wanna say that I don't see my future looking bright. My father is blacklisted by MARA because of debt and that alone has block scholarship for me. The course costs around 100k+. Like tf i need to pay this for the rest of my life. No financial freedom. My parents forced me to take the course because they say i can do it just because I did well in academics (Got straight A's in SPM and 4 flat in pre-U)
Like bro tolong la aku tak nak ada hutang besar gedabak cmtu. Cmne nak ada rumah kereta semua. Cmne nak kahwin lagi. Cm bangang ah nak hidup ni. We pay to get paid.
We live in a society moment

Seriously?
No. I'm like half-serious at best, the thought was just too fun to pass up (and needed to be posted on Hoyoverse Wednesday instead of Meme Weekend given its heavy ties to the other games).
However, since we know that the company considers all its games, Genshin included, as part of the same IP, and that Star Rail and Honkai 3rd are connected to each other (Welt Yang is literally just. The Same Guy from HI3rd), and Honkai 3rd has visual evidence of Otto Apocalypse observing Dvalin, meaning that bonds are extant between all three even though we're unclear as to what the technical details of that are specifically, I found this a really entertaining line of thought to pursue.
What's this post for, then?
I consider it a collection of observations that are made with the general knowledge that the Hoyoverse tends to enjoy hinting at connections in cryptic and arcane ways, to be taken with a large grain of salt and the understanding that it likely has almost no significance in the grand scheme of things because of isolated status of Teyvat and the likelihood that it is hidden from the eyes of the wider Hoyoverse, leading to Genshin doing less (so far, and likely for a little while longer) with wider Hoyoverse-related things and focusing more on its internal reality.
Alright, sure. So for people who are only into Genshin, what is the Xianzhou Alliance?
So glad you asked! For a longer summary, check out this wiki page. For a shorter summary relevant to the theory I'm presenting, the Xianzhou Alliance is an ancient faction in Star Rail consisting of three primary people groups: the Xianzhou Natives, the Foxians, and the Vidyadhara. The Xianzhou Natives and the Foxians are not relevant to my theory. The Vidyadhara (a draconic humanoid race), on the other hand, very much are.
One thing the Alliance is known for is its historical search for immortality, which came to an end when coming into contact with the chaotic neutral (?) entity Yaoshi the Abundance, who granted them immortality by way of the Ambrosial Arbor, a gigant tree that "has the power to shape life and subdue death at will".
However, those granted immortality in this way would soon be cursed with an affliction known as mara--very, very curiously, also known as the "Long-Life Curse". Though not entirely understood, mara has some key identifiable characteristics: "cell transformation resulting in bodily growth", and "loss of sanity". Some researchers believe this to be related to the accumulation of memories and the inability to process them over time. Sounds a mite familiar, eh?
At any rate, this dire state of affairs would eventually lead to the Alliance coming under the auspice of another Aeon, Lan of the Hunt, partially freeing them from being bound to the Arbor, and begin their galaxy-spanning quest to eradicate all the fruits of Yaoshi's fey "benevolence", which were known as Abominations of Abundance.
The Abominations have a pretty interesting light cone artwork associated with them. This also seems familiar. That being said, a comprehensive deep dive and analysis of these associations is for someone more familiar with the Hoyoverse overall than me.
And Zhongli's relation to the Xianzhou Alliance is...?
Well, he shares a lot of similarities with the Vidyadhara and their Aeon, Long, representative of the Permanence and Progenitor of All Dragons.
It is certainly very possible that this is a coincidence borne from the fact that it is the same Chinese company developing both games and drawing inspiration from, as well as paying homage to, their myths and legends. In fact, I think this is the likelier reality.
On the off chance that Hoyo's playing 5d chess, though, I figured I'd outline those similarities. Why not? It's not like I've got the final exams for this long-ass university semester to be preparing for. Please look away from my planner.
Traits of the Vidyadhara:

• Humanoid long-life species with draconic features (avg. lifespan 600-700 years)
• Pointed, sharp ears
• Unable to have offspring
• Cloudhymn magic, a hydrokinetic discipline requiring painstaking practice that enables one to do a variety of things including the creation of illusions, the facilitation of acrobatic tricks, and the ability to heal. It also has industrial applications, such as in the elixir crucibles used by the Alchemy Commission.
• Some particularly powerful and disciplined Vidyadhara have the capacity to turn into dragons
• Long ago, apparently given (by their Aeon) the power of transmutation, the ability to change the form of any creature "as easily as if they were children playing with modeling clay"
• Dragon iconography
• Chinese style architecture (just look at the Central Starskiff Haven, it's beautiful!)
• Opera engrained in their culture
• Love for cuisine engrained in their culture

Traits of Morax Rex Lapis Zhongli, consultant of the Wangsheng Funeral Parlor:

• Humanoid long-life species (Lapis Georg's lifespan is an outlier adn should not have been counted)
• Origins unknown, stated outright that he descended to Teyvat 6000 years ago (CN apparently implies a "demotion" of sorts?)
• Considered the Prime of the Adepti, founding practitioner of adeptal arts, meaning he is a user of a discipline requiring painstaking practice that enables one to do a variety of things including the ability to manipulate elemental energy, the creation of sub-space pockets, the ability to gift dreams and visions, and more
• Can make medicine (Remedium Tertorium) that "nothing of this world can withstand"
• In that same vein: big connection to alchemy
• Lord of Geo, which is connected as an element to creation and transformation (i.e., Mora)
• Invented a bunch of stuff like geo constructs
• Has the ability to turn into a dragon (appears half-dragon, half-qilin)
• Dragon iconography (clothing, dragon form)
• Chinese style architecture (presumably responsible for Liyuean aesthetics)
• Is the one who granted the adepti their illumination and more esoteric arts like the Sub-Space Creation, implying mastery of a particular kind of power that may or may not have to do with transmutation
• Big fan of traditional Liyuean culture, which he helped create, which has a long history of both opera and cuisine

Other things of note that strike me about Zhongli but may or may not be relevant are:

• how his human appearance as Rex Lapis features a hood that, in every depiction I can find, hides the tips of his ears,
• the fact that it's noted in Rex Incognito that his eyes are a defining feature in every form he takes,
• and while we're speaking about eyes, he shares that eyeliner-like red-orange marking around his eyes with Dan Feng, Dan Heng, and Bailu (of whom the latter two are fragments of Dan Feng, kind of sort of), as well as Dr. Ratio (randomly), and in Genshin, Alhaitham, Baizhu, and Xiao (I don't believe the eyeliner is lore-bearing, I'm pretty sure it's just something the company likes design-wise),
• and, as u/Forget_thestars has dived into in detail, he's all about cubes and squares, which, as we all know, are the most suspicious shape that can exist in Genshin Impact. Even non-Euclidean shapes are less suspicious than the cubes and squares.

So, to dig DEEP into the crack segment of this 3 AM variety show power hour, I am proposing that in some way, shape, or form, Zhongli's origins lay in the Vidyadhara of the Xianzhou Alliance, possibly with Long itself.
(I believe that mara also has a relation to the concept of erosion, and that due to certain things like the similarities in visuals between mara-struck beasts and creatures tormented by erosion like Azhdaha--particularly the plant-like growths--Zhongli may have suspicions about the nature of erosion himself. However, I don't know what other creatures we've seen in Genshin that have been afflicted by erosion that show significant plant-related influence aside from Dainsleif, and whatever plant connections he has, they don't appear to be physical--they exist, but Bough Keeper is a title, not a physical description.)
Long was an Aeon--a godlike entity--in the shape of a Chinese dragon (like, that's literally what its name translates to) that traversed the universe in search of the meaning of life. It did so a long, long, long (haha. Long) time ago, "an untold number of Amber Eras (most common HSR calendar) ago". It found an answer at the end of its life and chose to reincarnate instead of adhering to its biological immortality, and it is suggested that one implication of the Vidyadhara elders choosing to become part of the Xianzhou Alliance is that they were trying to follow Long's principles, demonstrating "(an) inclination towards 'a noble ambition that ensures the safety of the universe'".
It's also mentioned that the Vidyadhara are not the only scions of Long. Long traveled through countless worlds, leaving followers and adherents in its wake wherever it went. So, if Zhongli is not connected to the Xianzhou Alliance and/or the Vidyadhara despite the visual, physical, magical, and cultural similarities, it is entirely possible he is a descendant of another group that draws its meaning from Long's findings.
But what does that have to do with Zhongli, right? Well, I can't provide in-depth cultural context that would make for the best analysis of Zhongli's story due to my broad unfamiliarity with the myths and legends he and Liyue are drawn from, but I can provide a small analysis that focuses on elements of Zhongli's writing that resonate with elements of the Vidyadhara.
(I am not examining the Liyue Archon Quest in extensive detail--a lot of people have done that already, given how long it's been around. Also, it's pretty straightforward.)
One theme that Zhongli and the Vidyadhara share, broadly speaking, is the problem of immortality.
Zhongli stepped down as ruler of Liyue for many reasons, but one of them was that he recognized the inevitability of erosion (whether or not it is a natural phenomenon, so long as the rules of Teyvat persist as they are and the laws of the Heavenly Principles demand that things such as immortality and the secrets of the world be avoided, it is "fate" for those who are immortal to become afflicted with erosion).
The Vidyadhara, as part of the Xianzhou Alliance, were ever bound to consider the problem of the Ambrosial Arbor, to the point that the position of Imbibitor Lunae was given the responsibility of watching over the tree that caused so many of their lingering woes.
Due to the death of their god and the nature of their life cycle (based in reincarnation), Vidyadharans cannot reproduce, so while they will be reborn and thus avoid the problem other Xianzhou Alliance races face in regards to mara occurring as a result of built-up memories, any losses to their population are effectively permanent, and mara can still occur in them as a result of corruption or forcible infusion. And, given the Xianzhou Alliance's hunt for the Abominations of Abundance, the risk of being corrupted by mara is enough a risk that it needs to be taken into consideration. This situation's viability depends on who you ask, but to me it seems like a slow march toward extinction.
Dan Feng, Dan Heng's previous reincarnation and holder of the position of Imbibitor Lunae, would seek to both address the situation the Vidyadhara were in and resurrect his dead friend by tampering with the "Transmutation Arcanum", a process used by High Elders of the Vidyadhara to allow them to recall their past lives and pass on their powers to their successor. He wanted to change the Transmutation Arcanum to permit the incorporation of other species into the Vidyadhara, rescuing them from that slow extinction, but failed catastrophically, resulting in thousands of deaths and his execution (being forced into rebirth).
Now, the reason this is interesting is not because the two different situations really bear all that much resemblance to one another (they don't)--it more has to do with the term "Transmutation Arcanum" itself, and the things that implies. If the CN/EN divide for HSR is anything like Genshin's, it's worth checking what the term is in CN as well, but since I only have EN to go off of, I'd like to make note of something neat: while "arcanum" is a word that generally has to do with mystery and magic, it can also be defined as a) "specialized knowledge unavailable to the regular person", and b) "a secret essence, remedy, or elixir".
It seems to me that in the context in which the Transmutation Arcanum is used, it is leaning more toward Definition A. But what do both A and B bring to mind?
Alchemy.
In Genshin, alchemy is described in the tutorial quest with Timaeus as "an ancient and mysterious art", and there is an extant field of scholarship on it. Albedo and Sucrose are regarded as that field's most brilliant minds, and Albedo as the most skilled practitioner of it (along with him being the only Khemia practitioner currently acknowledged as such aside from his mother). Albedo's character story states that "few commonly known alchemy techniques of today are but enough to put some broken odds and ends together", indicating that the depths of alchemy are not well known, and alchemists and scholars with particular interests in the depths of the field are somewhat unusual in Teyvat.
In HSR, the Xianzhou Alliance has an entire commission dedicated to it--their Alchemy Commission and its task to research biomedical objectives and the Ambrosial Arbor is how Xianzhou natives attained immortality, and how the Alliance as a whole developed myriad different technologies. The Alchemy Commission flourished for a long time. It made gadgets, medicines, elixirs, and more. There came a time when it began to decline, though, and its alchemists grew obsessed with manipulating life itself. Fu Xuan tells us that "the more they pursued it, the more they longed for it" , and even after the Arbor was destroyed, they kept researching its remains.
While we still don't know the particulars of how Khemia functions, we do know that its pinnacle is the creation of synthetic life--something the Heavenly Principles may deem as "arrogation", when we consider Fontaine's Archon Quests and the knowledge that Egeria was punished for making Oceanids into pseudo-humans using the Primordial Sea. And considering our ability to convert upgrade materials into higher-grade upgrade materials, it is apparent that alchemy, Khemia specifically or no, is a powerful and versatile art.
We know that the adepti practice alchemy due to the descriptions of the Mist-Veiled Mercury Elixir and the Mist-Veiled Gold Elixir, which tell us that the adeptal production process for elixirs is a mystery because the elixirs kill mortals who try to consume them, and that these adeptal elixirs are pills made from metal alloys. There's also the Parametric Transformer, a weird gadget powered by elemental energy that can transmute materials into other materials, which seems like it's linked to the adepti, though all we know for sure is that it was found in Dunyu Ruins.
Zhongli, being the one who gave the adepti their illumination, is likely the source of the adeptis' alchemical knowledge; he also practices it himself, seeing as his "About Xiao" voiceline has him give the Traveler a medicine he calls "Remedium Tertorium" to deliver to Xiao, with its stated purpose being to "clear the mind and relieve emotional pain". He also specifies, curiously, that Paimon shouldn't eat it, because "nothing of this world can withstand the power of this medicine". I'd be interested to know if the CN line for this has any additional context or information that I'm missing, because it sounds like his medicine is more potent than that of the other adepti--theirs only kills mortals, whereas his is capable of harming Paimon. Whatever Paimon is, I seriously doubt she's a mortal, though we truly don't know for sure.
We also know he created mora using a form of transmutation that required a) his Gnosis, and b) his blood. (Might be metaphorical, or it might be legitimate transubstantiation? Take your pick. I do think he was being fairly literal there.)
So, comparisons between the two: it seems to me that adeptal alchemy bears more resemblance to the Xianzhou Alliance's form of alchemy and specific purposes than common Teyvatian alchemy does. The Alchemy Commission historically employed techniques involving smelting and refinement to create their medicines and elixirs, implying by the word "smelting" that the process involves metals, like adeptal alchemy does.
In terms of speculation only, it seems to me plausible that Zhongli, with his long history and many noted similarities to Xianzhou things, could have--if he was demoted to Teyvat--had his origins in the historic period of the Xianzhou Alliance. Not the present-day in HSR, and very likely not in the Xianzhou Alliance's recent history either. I have doubts that they will ever make Genshin's Honkai connections especially explicit or relevant (though, of course, time could always prove me wrong).
I believe that the mara-erosion connection is not a coincidence, and it could be that erosion is a Teyvatian form of mara, weaponized by Celestia like how the Disciples of Sanctus Medicus employ mara in targeted ways. With Zhongli being as old as he is, and having perfect memory besides, he would be susceptible to the damages caused by an affliction that manifests in those who live under the weight of too many memories.
If Zhongli were a Vidyadhara (or half-Vidyadhara, half-Xianzhou native, somehow) who had some knowledge and experience with Xianzhou style alchemy, and either found his way to the planet Teyvat is on (since it's been confirmed by Neuvillette, and the Piece of Aerosiderite weapon material, that Teyvat is a continent) or was let in, worked with Celestia, and then did something that got him "demoted", it'd be a fun minor connection.
And if not the Xianzhou Alliance, then he might hail from some other group that follows Long's revelation and teachings, going by the statement that Long left other scions in its wake. Either option wouldn't mess too much with Genshin's established rules and separation from the wider Honkaiverse.
Like I said, I honestly don't think this potential situation amounts to any kind of huge impact (heh) on Genshin story and lore; I think would end up being a footnote at best if it ends up true in any shape or form.
There's other things that go against this idea that I don't really know where to fit properly, like the fact that gods--or at least Archons--can take on physical forms as they please, and it's not something that's limited to Just Zhongli. And, also, notably, Zhongli is old. Really, really old, somehow, like way mega past the usual rebirth cycle for Vidyadharans, and whoever he was before being "demoted" to Teyvat does not, so far, appear to be especially relevant to who he is in Teyvat. Additionally, the Bit of Aerosiderite weapon material mentions that Zhongli and the gods defeated in the Archon War have "the same source" for their power:

The coastal nations of Teyvat refer to the region beyond the protection of The Seven as the Dark Sea. It is said that many defeated gods refused to live under the new order of The Seven, so they fled to remote islands and became evil gods. However, their powers came from the same source as Rex Lapis, separate from this all-devouring darkness.

This would suggest that he is like those other ancient gods, although we notably do not know how or why those gods came to roam Teyvat. Whether they were born in Teyvat, created in Teyvat, traveled to Teyvat from the Dark Sea, or something else entirely, is up in the air. We can kind of guess that they mostly appeared after the Human Realm was established, like the wiki says, but objective certainty eludes us.
There's a lotta holes in this theory, like a swiss cheese. But I hope if nothing else that this read brought you entertainment and/or food for thought!
tl;dr: zhongli sus maybe he's an alien too

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Race based special treatment rather than treatment based on need (for any ethnicity) is becoming a real issue. Two out of every three voters believe NZ has become more divided. Here are some of the rights & funding ring-fenced by one human attribute (ancestry), many of which have been introduced under this Labour government:

• Labour announced 12 new HIGH protection areas in Auckland’s Hauraki Gulf to ‘protect and restore marine ecosystems’, while STILL allowing only Maori to fish in them. They are not marine reserves; they are race based exclusive fishing zones.
• Te Whatu Ora is using tax payer money for Maori & Pacific of any age (only Maori & Pacific ethnicity) to receive free advice and ‘management’ (including free medicines) at pharmacies for certain conditions.
• Reduced/removed rates for Maori landowners under the Local Government (Rating of Whenua Maori) Amendment Act 2021: 1. write off rates owing 2. remove rates altogether for land owned but not developed 3. reduce any remaining rates
• The new $26 million visitor centre for Punakaiki rocks given to local Iwi who then they charge for entry.
• New guidelines from Pharmac reveal that “Maori are the priority population”. Essentially, those with Maori ethnicity will now be guaranteed priority treatment ahead of others with greater health needs.
• Iwi allowed their own justice system, which often does not go in the victim’s favour and gives lenient outcomes to offenders.
• Auckland surgeons must now consider ethnicity in prioritising patients for operations giving priority to Maori and Pacific Island patients (contrary to the Human Rights Act 1993).
• Since May 2023 only Maori & Pacifica are allowed to get GP referrals for free counselling.
• New Zealand Health Strategy 2023 should be equally about all New Zealanders but focuses on 'Inequity for Maori'. ‘Maori’ or ‘Iwi’ are mentioned 169 times while ‘European’ is mentioned 4 times.
• The Department of Internal Affairs has released a proposal for a new way to regulate social media and traditional media platforms that will control what can and cannot be discussed online. However, Maori are given elevated status in a co-governing role within the regulatory body. Maori are granted protections to "express themselves freely," a privilege not given to any other New Zealander. The proposal will place Maori at the heart of the decisions about what New Zealanders are allowed to say.
• Labour have decided that rather than looking for low price and minimum risk, government agencies need to ENSURE 8% of government contracts go to Maori business. Only Maori can apply for all government contracts, everyone else is restricted to 92% of them.
• $560 million tax payer funding to support Maori in getting the free Covid vaccine, including cash incentives for Maori to get vaccinated. Also, a Covid vaccine ‘Priority Access Code’ was made available if you were Maori.
• $438 million in tax payer funding given to upgrade privately owned marae across the country (510 projects - 358 marae, from a ‘range’ of crown funds including from the Covid funds).
• Labour set aside $7.75 million for truancy issues for Maori & Pacific students.
• All employees from the Department of Conservation will get paid $3500 (of tax payer money) if they attend a Maori language course.
• Labour have changed the rules so if Maori or Pacific Islanders make up over half of a GP's clients they get an increase in funding. If the proportion is 49% or below, they get no increase.
• Three waters proposal will give Maori 50% voting rights (with only 16% ‘opting’ as Maori) and power of veto over all water. Labour spent $14 million tax payer dollars on increasing Iwi/Maori understanding of the changes, including a $220 per hour ‘strategic advisor’ in Maori.
• New water services entity amendment bill (for 3 waters) states that public submissions (Community Priority Statements) ‘may’ be considered. In contrast, the Water Services Entities (WSE’s) ‘must’ respond directly to Te Mana o te Wai Statements and ‘must’ include a plan how the Water Services Entities intends to give effect to Te Mana o te Wai Statements - the new “Community Priority Statements” fall well short of the powers provided to local Maori through Te Mana o te Wai statements. This is what Labour is not telling you about as these are at the operational level, unlike the (50%) c*o-governance at the Regional Representative Groups level.
• Labour giving Maori access to funding for their legal costs to claim the Seabed & Foreshore, from mean high tide out to 12 nautical miles. Opponents to Maori claims must fund their own legal costs.
• $7.3 million tax payer dollars to make new screening process for cervical cancer screening free for Maori and Pacific Island woman but anyone else pays $40-$60.
• Labour funded $107,280 in taxpayer money to a racist stage show about murdering James Cook, his descendants and 'white men like him’ with pig hunting knives.
• Requirement for staff to take into account a student’s cultural identity when awarding passing grades; rather than their individual merit.
• Labour announced 20 per cent of commercial spectrum to be given to Maori, a permanent Maori spectrum entity will be established and $75 million of funding will go towards development.
• Maori get free bowel screening from 55 years old. Also, Andrew Little announced Maori will get superior access to bowel screening etc.
• Maori and Pacifica are automatically entitled to free flu injections over 55 years of age, aged 30 & over are eligible for a free extra Covid booster and free anti-viral Covid treatment over the age of 50 (for everyone else it is 65 & over).
• Labour has prioritised Plunket care for Maori and Pacifica, all other ethnicities have been deprioritised.
• Labour using tax payer funds during a cost-of-living crisis & record debt to re-name streets, parks & government departments to Maori names – no cost/benefit justification given.
• Labour spent tax payer money to reformat the New Zealand passports so that now Te Reo is before any English rather than after it - no cost/benefit justification given, and now every border control in the world has to sift through a foreign language to read the passport (reducing efficiency).
• Maori don’t have to score mid to high 90’s to pass exam to get into medical school.
• Only Maori can legally collect particular shell fish in particular areas.
• Auckland Council is aiming to have 5 percent of the value of all direct contracts awarded to diverse suppliers – Maori and/or Pasifika-owned business or social enterprises.
• Auckland Transport's target is to have 2 percent of the value of procurement spend with Maori-owned businesses by the end of 2023.
• Watercare aims for 5 percent of total spend to be with Maori businesses by the end of the 2025 financial year.
• Powers given to Maori to close public National parks (e.g. Whirinaki Conservation Park rahui restricting all access for people from outside the immediate community had been invoked by Ngati Whare).
• Without consulting anyone, Tuhoe had removed 15 huts from the Ureweras and planned to remove the other 33.
• Labour deciding what input Maori (only) should have in immigration policy.
• Labour removed rights voters had to trigger a local binding referendum – e.g. Maori wards.
• Labour's Local Government Minister trying to get 50% of Council seats to be held by Maori.
• $12 million government support for Maori landowners to invest in growing sheep milk industry.
• Report by the Auditor-General on the $290 million "Strategic Tourism Assets Protection Programme": The Tourism Recovery Minister decided to fund all tourism businesses that scored more than 15 out of 30 points in the assessment process. They also decided to fund all eligible Maori tourism businesses, including those that scored less than 15 out of 30 points in the assessment process.
• Labours Budget for 2020 had $1 billion to improve outcomes for Maori in response to Covid-19.
• $1.1 billion for Maori in Budget 2021.
• 2022 Budget: An extra $26m (now $155m in total) for “Progressive Procurement” – i.e. favouring Maori-owned businesses as government contractors. $118m in “advisory services” for farmers and Maori land owners. $580m for “Maori Health and wellbeing” including $188m for the new Maori Health Authority. $20m establishing new “Iwi-Maori Partnership Boards” (i.e. introducing co-governance to the new health system). A $1 billion “Maori Budget” including: $91m on Maori trades, training, and cadetships, $3m for “marae connectivity”, $5m for Iwi/Maori teachers. $200m for Maori education. $28m for Maori “language, culture and identity”. $162m for Maori organisations to reduce emissions, including $36m for “matauranga [traditional knowledge]-based approaches to reducing biological emissions” and $30m for “Maori Climate Action”. $178m for councils dealing with RMA reform with a new “National Maori Entity” to co-govern resource management.
• Maori have been allocated a total of $825 million in 2023 Wellbeing Budget.
• 2023 Budget: Te Matatini (Maori performing arts festival) has its annual funding increased from $2.9 million per year to $34 million over the next two years.
• Money set aside for poor people is being taken from the community services card fund to give Maori and only Maori women a $50 Prezzy card who turn up for their pregnancy assessment. That means if you have 1% Maori ancestry and are rich, you will still get a $50 Prezzy card (from the fund for the poor) because of your trace of Maori ancestry, not because you need it. Not available for anyone actually in need that doesn’t have Maori ancestry.
• Labour splashed tax payer money on Warriors match tickets or food vouchers for Maori and Pasifika who hadn’t filled in their census forms. $2 million was budgeted for handing out support vouchers to get non-responding individuals and households to complete the census.
• Tax payer money for ‘Whanau to achieve their aspirations' through Whanau Ora commissioning agencies.
• Free hospital parking tickets to Maori with a family member in hospital.
• Maori private business given tax payer money & loans – e.g. Wai Ariki Hot Springs and Spa: $14 million given to it and an additional $38 million dollar tax payer loan.
• Primary Healthcare operations/organisations paid $25 per patient to screen Maori & Pacific for Cardiovascular.
• Specialist Education is scaled where Maori & Pacifica leap frog others for specialist education support.
• Labour handed out $70 million in tax payer dollars to set up 30 Iwi lead community panels instead of courts for Maori offenders. Also, the Police Commissioner has established a 21-member Maori Focus Forum that not only co-designs policing strategy for dealing with Maori offenders, but also plays a “governance role”. The end result of this partnership with Iwi is that Police “live up to the joint expectations of those partners, to improve long term wellbeing for Maori who come to Police attention.” In other words, Maori justice is all about the offender – ensuring they have a positive outcome. There is little regard for the victim. A violent attack that sent a tourist to hospital resulted in no arrests, no charges, no court, no sentence – only a chat with a community panel of iwi. It seems the Police have now become “an inclusive partner for Iwi Maori”. As a result, offenders who are Maori now have a different pathway – one that looks past the victim to embrace the culture of the offender.
• Probation Officers being told to move away from recommending imprisonment for Maori & Pacific Islanders.
• Labour launched a $98 million dollar strategy to reduce Maori over-representation in prisons in August 2019. By 2022 the proportion of Maori in prison had increased. Meantime, Marama Davidson (leader of Greens party) stated “I am a prevention violence minister. I know who causes violence in the world, it is white cis men”.
• The Plant Variety Rights Bill introduces a Maori Plant Varieties Committee. It can block plant varieties being registered and the bill says ‘A person must not be appointed as a member of the committee unless, in the opinion of the Commissioner, the person is qualified for appointment, having regard to that person’s knowledge of matauranga Maori.'
• Maori party put on their website that ‘it is a well-known fact that Maori are genetically superior’. To date, no apology has been given.
• Labour is removing or reducing biodiversity protection restrictions for Maori land (changing FNDC SNA mapping), but does this extend to anyone else?
• Labour has dedicated $18 million tax payer dollars (over four years) for iwi-based events and resources that support whanau, hapu and iwi to grow and lead their practices and customs relating to te kahui o Matariki/Matariki Public Holiday.
• Government lead Mapping for Sites and Areas of Significance to Maori (SASM) didn’t involve Farmers consultation – Timura council alone has identified 4000 property owners whose lands fits into the 5 categories of SASM regulations (sacred areas).
• A fund administered by the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment invests in projects designed to strengthen capability, capacity, skills and networks between Maori and the science and innovation system.
• Parliament's new 'Te Kahui Mouri' (2 wooden Maori poles) unveiled in July 2023 cost tax payers $500,000, described as "tone-deaf" during a cost-of-living crisis when Kiwis are "being asked to tighten their belts".
• Counsellors being told they can only accept young people & Maori & Pacifica. Also, a psychologist in Wellington said that hospitals are referring Maori & Pacific Islanders to private psychologist and the businesses are losing money because they often don’t turn up. Any other ethnicity can only be referred to the public health system, there is a 5-month waiting list unless they pay for private care themselves.
• Police and the government turn a blind eye to illegal occupation of private land only if under Maori protest occupation (e.g. Ihumatao & property on the banks of the Taipa River).
• $55 million fund for media to promote that the Treaty of Waitangi is a partnership - forty percent of the first allocations went to projects benefiting Maori journalism. The fund prevents an opposing point of view to the Labour government’s race-based program.
• An Independent Maori Statutory Board has been established tasked with representing the views of Maori at the governance level in councils.
• The Hauraki Gulf Forum voted 11-7 in favour of changing its composition to that of a 50:50 co-governance authority with mana whenua and ‘others’. It is also proposing to develop its own statutory plans, that could prevail over council policies and central government decision-making, for all matters in respect of the Gulf. Although the elected members voted 7-5 against the proposals, six more votes were collected from the tangata whenua appointed members making the final vote 11-7 in favour of the proposals.
• $49,999 towards an Indigenised Hypno-soundscape to take you to the ‘imagined worlds of our Korero Purakau’.
• The Health Coalition Aotearoa claiming ‘The Burden of obesity has been disproportionately carried by Maori and Pacifica’ is a breach of the Treaty of Waitangi.
• The Canterbury Regional Council (Ngai Tahu Representation) Bill setting a significant precedent for unelected iwi representation.
• $100 million regional employment scheme to focus on Maori & Pasifika people.
• The Maori Health Authority (Te Aka Whai Ora) is spending more than $1.15 million a month on contractors and consultants. The Maori Health Authority will have veto rights over the entire health system; Maori patients to be prioritised over non-Maori.
• Even before the Pae Ora (Health Reform) legislation came into effect, $22 million was allocated to establishing the Maori Health Authority board headed up by Nanaia Mahuta's sister Tipa.
• In 1997 the New Zealand Government returned the rights of greenstone (pounamu) ownership to Te Rūnanga o Ngai Tahu. Therefore, all greenstone found becomes the right of Iwi to obtain & sell.
• In conservation, an Options Developments Group set up by the Department of Conservation to better recognise the ‘Treaty partnership’ recommends “the delegation, transfer and devolution of functions and powers within the conservation system to tangata whenua”.
• Waitangi Tribunal’s Wai 262 report categorises as Maori ‘taonga’ a wide range of ‘treasures’ including intellectual property rights, genetics, and all living species in the country – both native and introduced. In 2020, $6.2 million was allocated to develop a Treaty partnership programme to ensure Maori ‘participate in, benefit from and make decisions’ over anything identified ‘taonga’.
• A 91.75% majority vote to change Playcentre Aotearoa’s constitution has been overruled due to Maori co-governance vote having ultimate power.
• Labour quietly slipped through legislation that empowers Iwi (only Maori) to legally run roadblocks.
• Labour announced a $730 million Maori housing budget to build 1000 homes and repair 700 owner-occupied homes over four years.
• 68 public schools’ ownership moving to Ngati Toa Rangatira.
• The Mahi Whakaara programme is part of the Maori Trades and Training Fund (MTTF), a $18.5 million government leg up for Maori jobseekers.
• Labour announced $38 million will go to strengthening existing initiatives in Maori and Pacific communities for family and sexual violence prevention.
• Tax payer funds committed to develop a specific Maori Climate Strategy and Action Plan.
• Kainga Ora spent $204,897 on koha between 2019-2021 (interact with marae or have someone perform a ceremonial role, majority of time it has been a monetary contribution). That is just one government agency, what other agencies have given money to Iwi? What other cultures have received equivalent gifts – if any?
• Maori Development Minister Willie Jackson says Labour will invest $25 million into the Cadetships programme, delivered by Te Puni Kōkiri.
• Te Pae Tawhiti programme which supports research and innovation in the Maori economy is getting a further $27.6 million investment over the next four years.
• $25.9 million funding for Ngai Tahu to reduce young South Island Maori in state care.
• Labour funding polytechnic to convert its workbooks and assessments for its level 3 automotive engineering course to Te Reo Maori.
• Labour is allocating $6.5 million into a programme set to enhance Maori employment outcomes in the research, science and innovation workforce.
• Planning laws to be taken from local councils – given to 14 co-governed entities. The Herald reports, Labour has decided that there will be 14 regional planning committees throughout New Zealand comprising representatives of the local government and of Maori.
• The new Maori Health Authority has a budget of half a billion dollars and CEO Riana Manuel has allocated $100 million of that to support centuries-old treatments called “maramataka” - the Maori tradition of using the moon and stars to help treat mental health issues.
• Nanaia Mahuta was associate minister when her husband's firm was awarded $72,999 Government contract to facilitate six meetings (hui) and 14 workshops to engage with Maori and to provide a "high-level overview" of the agency's Auckland housing projects.
• Labour announced a $80 million Maori media strategy.
• The Reserve Bank is looking to use its position and insights to improve access to capital for Maori (only).
• Auckland Council uses rates for Maori outcomes funding & Tūpuna Maunga Operational Plan.
• Cyclone Gabrielle: Maori given $15 million to support a Maori-led recovery of flood-hit communities.
• Pacifica & Maori patients in South Auckland are to be seen by a medical professional on the day they seek help, pushing everyone else further down the list.
• Health minister has set aside $2.2 million on ‘PR consultants’ on new Maori Health authority.
• Think tank Tokona Te Raki - Maori Futures Collective has launched a new action plan to remove streaming from schools by 2030 because they consider it ‘racist’; rather than advancing the top tier students, they would prefer to hold back potential.
• Te Kainga rental building - quality two and three bedroom apartments for Wellingtonians that are below market rate for the inner city. Applicants who work for Maori organisations are prioritised.
• Special provisions for Maori culture: Kindergarten Teachers Accept Latest Collective Agreement Offer including ‘a cultural allowance for kaiako Maori’.
• Students who have some Maori or Pasifika heritage not only have access to the scholarships designated for them, but also have the opportunity to apply for the same scholarships that a non-Maori/Pasifika can.
• Only Maori get to choose what electoral role they are on and swap back and forth at any time. Maori seats were meant to be abolished in 1879 when the rule was removed that you had to own land under your personal name (inadvertently excluding groups/tribes) to be able to vote.
• Labour has encouraged integrating Te Reo into English to normalise ‘Pidgin English’, rather than supporting both as separate important languages in their own right. Labour used this Pidgin English to communicate important announcements throughout Covid19 & other emergencies – whether you understood it or not. Rawiri Waititi called all non-Maori New Zealanders who did not speak Maori "dumb".
• Hone Harawira says it is appropriate for Maori (only) to eat Kereru (protected native pigeon).
• Labour has spent tax payer money on introducing a school ‘history’ curriculum that supports the Maori view of New Zealand to indoctrinate children into ‘Te Tiriti o Waitangi principles & partnership’.
• Special tax rates e.g. Maori ‘Charitable Trust’.
• State Funding proposed for ‘A new fund – Te Putea Whakangawari Korero a-Tiriti / Treaty Facilitation Fund – should be available to facilitate party and candidate engagement with Maori communities, in ways appropriate for Maori.’
• The tax payer paid free school lunches programme was given an extra $323 million in the 2023 budget to keep it running. 48% of students receiving the free lunches are Maori. A Treasury report was hugely critical of it with found no evidence of impacting attendance or benefiting akonga Maori.
• Maori Party calling for Maori (only) to get pension to start at 57 years old.
• Covid Response funds are spent on:
• Atawhai Interactive Tapui, which received $250,000 towards production of Toroa, that gives tamariki and rangatahi an experience to fly as Toroa on its journey from the Pacific Ocean back to its home on Taiaroa head. It will explore the themes of whakapapa as the Toroa soars over the ocean, deified as Takaroa, on the winds of Tawhirimatea.
• $1,323,000 Taki Rua Productions - The development and delivery of two immersive live productions of large-scale contemporary Māori performing arts pieces.
• $1,015,300 Maoriland Charitable Trust to deliver Purita, a capability system to enable identification and development of Maori potential.
• $248,460 on traditional Māori painting.
• $20,000 Te Runaka o Ōtakou scoping the use of a web platform to leverage purakau [myths and legends], and traditional and contemporary technologies to connect with the Otakou diaspora.
• $20,000 on a business plan for Tongan mat-weaving.
• $20,000 To develop a business plan for virtual reality recreations of current Maori wahi tapu [sacred places] with an initial focus on Kai Tahu marae and their historic sites of interest.
• $20,000 To contribute to the creation of a te reo Maori children’s book which uses an app to embellish the story with music and claymation videos, and allows the reader to recreate waiata using instrumental loops.
• There are New Zealand national sporting teams & awards defined by race.
• Maori Data Governance Model has been designed by Maori for use across the New Zealand public service - that could affect your data.
• While the Waitangi tribunal holds the government (tax payer) to account for historical transgressions against Maori, there is no tribunal holding Iwi to account for any of their historical transgressions (e.g. Ngati Tama and Ngati Mutunga genocide & slavery of the Chatham Islands Moriori up until 1867).
• While no financial assistance is available for anyone wanting to oppose tribal claims, the government has provided lucrative funding of up to $458,000 for applicants to prepare their case, with further funding available for historical research as well as for legal fees and other costs associated with court hearings – including accommodation, air fares, meals etc.
• Researchers asked academics to assess their own freedom on a number of issues on a scale of zero to 10. Newsroom reports: The lowest scoring area was freedom to debate or discuss issues around the Treaty of Waitangi and colonialism.
• Money channelled into marae renovations, and Maori and Pasifika businesses questioned by the Office of the Auditor-General - on the $640 million of public money spent on the Provincial Growth Fund (PGF), we are not yet certain that Parliament or the public can have confidence that the investments made through the PGF reset will ultimately represent good value for money, did not see evidence of planning for, or commitment to, an evaluation of the outcomes.
• In 1948 Prime Minister Peter Fraser signed the UN’s Universal Declaration of Human Rights “All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights”, but this Labour government has introduced laws & policy to remove equal rights: The surgical waitlist equity adjuster tool introducing racial profiling into healthcare, the eligibility for drugs funded by Pharmac, the eligibility for Medical School training and the eligibility for screening etc.
• Labour Kieran McAnulty on Maori special treatment: “There are provisions that we have in this country that wouldn’t stand up to a purely academic democratic framework but that’s not how we work in New Zealand”.